And unlike a lot of fantasy there are no easy conclusions and things that you think will go well end up going very poorly. It's much more analytical and scientific.
In The Magicians trilogy the magical system is very cool and unique with a clear set of rules, but it is not very fantastical. It really makes you think about the use of magic in the fantasy novels we know and love.
GOODNOTES VS NOTABILITY 2020 SERIES
This, more than anything else is what makes this series feel like a parody. In this series magic is the cause of and solution to all life's problems (like beer to Homer Simpson). It’s the story of a boy becoming a man, an apprentice becoming a master, and a broken land finally becoming whole.īut true to form it turned the idea that magic makes everything better on it's head. The Magician’s Land is an intricate and fantastical thriller, and an epic of love and redemption that brings the Magicians trilogy to a magnificent conclusion, confirming it as one of the great achievements in modern fantasy. But all roads lead back to Fillory, where Quentin must face his fears and put things right or die trying. He uncovers buried secrets and hidden evils and ultimately the key to a sorcerous masterwork, a spell that could create a magical utopia. His new life takes him back to old haunts, like Antarctica and the Neitherlands, and old friends he thought were lost forever. Eliot and Janet, the rulers of Fillory, embark on a final quest to save their beloved world, only to discover a situation far more complex-and far more dire-than anyone had envisioned.Īlong with Plum, a brilliant young magician with a dark secret of her own, Quentin sets out on a crooked path through a magical demimonde of gray magic and desperate characters. Meanwhile, the magical barriers that keep Fillory safe are failing, and barbarians from the north have invaded. But he can’t hide from his past, and it’s not long before it comes looking for him. With nothing left to lose he returns to where his story began, the Brakebills Preparatory College of Magic. Everything he had fought so hard for, not to mention his closest friends, is sealed away in a land Quentin may never again visit. He has been cast out of Fillory, the secret magical land of his childhood dreams that he once ruled. Synopsis: Contains spoilers for first two books! Read with caution!